T-Mobile dash 3g User Manual

Getting Started  41

You can enter text, numbers, and symbols using the QWERTY keyboard. The status 

indicator on the top-right side of the display screen displays the input mode that 

you are currently using. 

Lowercase text input

Numeric or symbol input

Uppercase text input, caps lock

XT9 text input mode, lowercase

Uppercase text input

XT9 text input mode, uppercase

Numeric or symbol input, locked

XT9 text input mode, caps lock

Press   to toggle between uppercase, lowercase, and locked input when in any mode.
You can also do the following with the QWERTY keyboard.

To type lowercase letters, press the keys using your thumbs or fingers.
To use a single uppercase letter, press   and then press the corresponding key.
To use all uppercase letters, press   +  . To change back to all lowercase 
letters, press  .
To enter a number, symbol or punctuation that is printed at the upper-right 

corner of a key, press   and then press the corresponding key.
To continuously enter numbers, symbols or punctuation that are printed 

at the upper-right corner of the keys, press   twice and then press the 

corresponding keys. Press   again to exit continuous input mode.
To open the Symbol table and insert numbers, symbols, special characters, or 

punctuation, press  .
To backspace and delete a single character, press   or BACK.
To delete several characters, press and hold   or BACK.
Press 

 to enter a space.

While entering text, press   + 

 to display the text input options 

menu. 

While entering text, press and hold   to display the text input options menu.